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~THE
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM~
By
Terry Kettering
(source
unknown)
There’s an
elephant in the room.
It is large
and squatting, so it is
Hard to get
around it.
Yet we squeeze
by with, "How are you?"
And, "I’m
fine"…
And a thousand
other forms of trivial
Chatter.
We talk about
the weather.
We talk about
work.
We talk about
everything else ~
Except the
elephant in the room.
There’s an
elephant in the room.
We all know
it is there.
We are thinking
about the elephant Alone ~
As we talk
together.
It is constantly
on our minds.
For, you see,
it is a very big elephant
It has hurt
us all.
But we do
not talk about the elephant
in the room.
Oh, please,
say her name.
Oh, please,
say "Barbara" again
OH, please,
let’s talk about the elephant
In the room.
For if we
talk about her death,
Perhaps we
can talk about her life?
Can I say
"Barbara" to you and not have
You look away?
For if I cannot,
then you are leaving me
In a room...
With an elephant.
